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Maiden Blush
type: Culinary, Cider, Dessert, Juice, Pie, Sauce
synonyms: Lady Blush, Maiden’s Blush (this is actually the cultivar name for Maiden’s Blush ), Red Cheek, Ushalla, Vestal.
summary: This American apple originated in the late 1700s along the Eastern seaboard of the United States. It's best used for pies and sauces when picked slightly under-ripe and becomes a favoured fresh-eating apple when left to ripen.
identification: Medium tending to large, round flattened. The thin and waxy skin skin is smooth and pale yellow with a reddish blush over which is a soft red blush which is marked with a scattering of thin stripes. The calyx is medium size and closed, set in a shallow and open, sometimes faintly ribbed basin. The stem is short and moderately stout, set in a deep, sometimes russeted cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is white, often with a tinge of yellow if left to fully tree-ripen. Crisp, fine-grained, tender and very tart when first picked, but mellows with maturity.
uses: When first picked, it is a good cooking apple, but after a few weeks in storage, the sharpness becomes sweet and it transforms into a delicious eating apple. Often used to make dried apple rings because the flesh resists browning. Also used for apple juice and cider.
origins: Originated in the area Burlington, New Jersey (U.S.A.) in the late 1700s and was named and promoted by Samuel Allinson. First documented by William Coxe in 1817 in his "A View of the Cultivation of Fruit Trees and the Management of Orchards and Cider." It was popular as an early-season apple in the markets of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (U.S.A.) through the early 1800s and was widely grown throughout the southern United States.
cultivation: Vigorous, upright spreading tree. Bears fruit on the tips of the previous year's new growth. Produces abundant, annual crops, though it may become biennial if the crops are too heavy.
cold storage: Keeps up to two months in cold storage. Beyond that, the flavours disintegrate. Early apples do not keep as well as those that ripen later.
vulnerabilities: Susceptible to fire blight and fruit can be damaged by scab unless treated.
harvest: The first apples come ready to be picked in the middle of the fourth period, but the harvest is progressive over three to four weeks. Expect a heavy fruit drop as it ripens.
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 8
harvest period: 4
hardiness: 3
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